26- 8. A LUCKY DAY

Green Car wheeled well-charged up and down the steep hills towards the Baikal Lake. For lunch we bought bread and freshly smoked omul fish from the lake. At lunch-time Green Car had strong power in Sludyanka while we went for a long walk along the Balikal Lake and the Trans-Siberian railway. The air was fresh and crystal clear, the lake became blue sky in the distance, the shore so peaceful. We ended the day on a very rustic inn with rooms. Perhaps the same place we spent a night 22 years ago. Now it has bar with music-videos and a sauna with vodka-drinking Russians. The electric installations were so weak that Green Car had to stop charging not to burn down the whole ramshackle cafe to the ground.

Nina